Originally Posted by Clown52
So do I have to be able to destroy their Starbase? It would take a lot of destroyers to take out a level 4 Starbase. :notsure:
Also what sort of XP are we talking about? Has their plannet just been sitting collecting PP and you get all that?
Your chance to win against a star base 4 looks like this. You would need to send 7 destroyers to have the following chance to win. But it doesn't mean that you will win, just that you have a 70% chance. I have lost a battle just like that one before, it sucks. Then you would have to have at least 4 Transports to take over the planet.
7destroyers =210pp points unless you have been studying economy.
4 Transports = 240pp points. So your looking at 450 points to build that kind of fleet.
Chance to win 0.29771(enemy) 0.70229 (your chance)
Combat Value (XP) 16 (4) 21 (5.25)
Right now that's not worth it. Just build a colony ship for 60pp, spend the rest on infrastructure for now and send the colony ship to the nearest free planet before you have reached the culture level 2 and land after you have logged in when you get that level 2 culture slot. You might simply attack an idle player that has a SB2 with 3 ds for some experience so that you can get your first SU and sell it for production points. Or offer to trade destroyers with a system mate.
In the above scenario you would truley need 11 ds to win with a 0 to 1 for sure win, + the transports, more important to build your planet up right now.